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Sunday, November 29, 2015

Jackie Robinson and Leadership

Midshipman Matt Miller shares a research paper below in which he explores the topic of leadership via the man who "broke the color barrier" in major league baseball. It's both informative and thought provoking. Enjoy.

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Almost seventy years ago, there were 16 major league baseball teams embracing four

hundred white athletes. Then on April 15, 1947, that number dropped to three hundred and

ninety-nine white athletes and increased by just one black athlete. It was opening day at